256 pages : 29 cm

Provides historical information on a variety of drinking glasses, plates, pitchers, vases, and related items, and includes a listing of twentieth-century glass manufacturers, identification guides, and prices

Includes bibliographical references (page 250) and index

Introduction to 20th-century glass (Identifying & collecting -- A short history -- Collecting by country (Czechoslovakia and Germany -- Britain -- France and Belgium -- Scandinavia -- United States -- Murano, Italy) -- Collecting by category (Animals -- Suncatchers -- Beer glasses) -- Identification by factory (Bagley -- Chance/Fiesta Glass (Fiesta) -- George Davidson & Co. (Chippendale -- Jacobean) -- Kaj Franck -- A. Hardie Williamson -- Michael Harris -- Holmegaard (Jacob E. Bang -- Per Lütken -- Michael Bang -- Other designers) -- Iittala (the Iffland portfolio -- Tapio Wirkkala -- Timo Sarpaneva) -- Liskeard -- Nazeing -- Orrefors (Simon Gate -- Edward Hald -- Nils Landberg -- Sven Palmqvist -- Vicke Lindstrand -- Ingeborg Lundin) -- Pyrex -- Riihimäki (Helena Tynell -- Nanny Still -- Tamara Aladin) -- Ronald Stennett-Willson (Wuidart -- Lemington Glass -- King's Lynn/Wedwood Glass) -- Stuart Crystal (Ludvig "Lu" Kny) -- Frank Thrower) -- Where to see & buy

Introduction to 20th-century glass (Identifying & collecting -- A short history -- Collecting by country (Czechoslovakia and Germany -- Britain -- France and Belgium -- Scandinavia -- United States -- Murano, Italy) -- Collecting by category (Animals -- Suncatchers -- Beer glasses) -- Identification by factory (Bagley -- Chance/Fiesta Glass (Fiesta) -- George Davidson & Co. (Chippendale -- Jacobean) -- Kaj Franck -- A. Hardie Williamson -- Michael Harris -- Holmegaard (Jacob E. Bang -- Per Lutken -- Michael Bang -- Other designers) -- Iittala (the Iffland portfolio -- Tapio Wirkkala -- Timo Sarpaneva) -- Liskeard -- Nazeing -- Orrefors (Simon Gate -- Edward Hald -- Nils Landberg -- Sven Palmqvist -- Vicke Lindstrand -- Ingeborg Lundin) -- Pyrex -- Riihimaki (Helena Tynell -- Nanny Still -- Tamara Aladin) -- Ronald Stennett-Willson (Wuidart -- Lemington Glass -- King's Lynn/Wedwood Glass) -- Stuart Crystal (Ludvig "Lu" Kny) -- Frank Thrower) -- Where to see & buy

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